Laurocerasus
Cyanosis and lack of reaction. Gasping, suffocative breathing with cyanosis. Long-lasting fainting spells. Cardiac failure with blueness. Spasmodic cough with no expectoration.
Source
Tincture from the fresh leaves of Prunus laurocerasus (Rosaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
['Cyanosis — face and extremities blue', 'Lack of vital reaction — apparently dead, cold, pulseless', 'Gasping for breath — suffocative dyspnea', 'Long fainting fits with cold surface', 'Spasmodic, tickling cough, dry, worse lying down']
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
['Loss of consciousness; apparent death', 'Confusion and inability to articulate', 'Fear of going to sleep lest she not awaken']
General Symptoms
['Cyanosis is the keynote — all tissues blue', 'Want of vital reaction — cold, collapsed, seemingly lifeless', 'Cardiac failure with cyanosis and gasping', 'Convulsions with cyanosis', 'Surface cold yet patient cannot tolerate covering']
Physical Symptoms
Respiratory
['Gasping for breath with cyanosis', 'Dry spasmodic cough worse lying', 'Dyspnea with clubbing', 'Cheyne-Stokes respiration']
Chest
['Cardiac failure with cyanosis', 'Irregular pulse', 'Clutching at heart', 'Mitral regurgitation']
Throat
['Drinks roll audibly through esophagus', 'Choking sensation with spasm of glottis']
Modalities
Better From
['Open air', 'Sitting up']
Worse From
['Lying down', 'Exertion', 'Sitting or bending forward', 'Cold air']
Constitutional Type
Collapsed, cyanotic patients with failing cardiac or respiratory function. The appearance of approaching death — cold, blue, gasping.
Clinical Indications
['Cyanosis', 'Cardiac failure', 'Respiratory failure', 'Fainting', 'Croup', 'Asthma with cyanosis']
Comparative Materia Medica
['Carbo vegetabilis — cyanosis with desire to be fanned; more bloating', 'Antimonium tartaricum — respiratory failure with rattling mucus', 'Hydrocyanicum acidum — cyanosis with convulsions; more sudden collapse']
Safety Information
['Camphor', 'Coffea', 'Opium', 'Ipecacuanha']
Contains hydrocyanic acid (prussic acid). Material doses cause respiratory paralysis, convulsions, and death. Extremely toxic plant.
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